glottal "y"

[Yoram Meroz]

The y is not just elided, but replaced with a glottal stop, as in "uh-oh".


On 9/12/08 8:04 PM, "Tom Zurinskas" <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>
> I've never noticed anyone saying a glottal "y" such that "beyond" is "be'ond".
> Perhaps a dropped ( elided) "y".  Would you say an elided "y" is the same as a
> glottal "y"?

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